. Nếu mùa đông ngồi đọc sách trong chăn thì thôi rồi, sáng ra nhiều khi thấy quyển sách lủi thủi quăn queo nằm góc nào đó. Sách cần được đặt thẳng trên sách sẽ hiệu quả hơn nếu đọc có phương pháp, sau đây là một phương pháp rất hiệu quả. | 44 goof-proof BUSINESS WRITING 4. That by itself is a word that often clutters sentences unnecessarily as in the following example He said that he thought that the meeting was useful and that he was happy that there will be a follow-up meeting. He said he thought the meeting was useful and he was happy there will be a follow-up meeting. GOOF-PROOF RULE OF THUMB WORD CHOICES FOR CONCISE WRITING Wordy Replace with a lot of many or much all of a sudden suddenly along the lines of like are able to can as a matter of fact in fact or delete as a person delete as a whole delete as the case may be delete at the present time currently or now basic necessity necessity both of these both by and large delete by definition delete compare and contrast compare due to the fact that because final destination destination for all intents and purposes delete has a tendency to often or delete has the ability to can in order to to in the event that if in the near future soon is able to can it is clear that delete last but not least finally Writing Without Clari on a daily basis on account of the fact that particular period of time daily because delete period or time somewhere in the neighborhood of about take action the fact that the majority of the reason why through the use of totally obvious with regard to with the exception of act that or delete most the reason or why through obvious about or regarding except for GOOF-PROOF SAMPLES WORDY AND CONCISE SENTENCES Wordy The employees who were late missed the first set of awards. Concise The late employees missed the first set of awards. Wordy It is my feeling that we should hire her immediately. Concise I feel we should hire her immediately. Wordy I believe that there is the possibility that the manager who was recently hired is not too fond of me. Concise I believe the new manager may not be too fond of me. 46 goof-proof BUSINESS WRITING RULE 22 Don t Repeat Yourself Saying the same idea more than once wastes your reader s time. Get it